No man by nature will ever, of
his own accord, come to Christ and be saved. He has neither the will nor the
ability, in himself, to do so. If language means anything, this is an evident
truth of Holy Scripture. "Ye will not come to me that ye might have
life." "No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me
draw him." Yet many do come, so many that in the last day our Lord shall
have gathered around him a great multitude which no man can number, even ten
thousand times ten thousand. When will sinners, who will not and cannot of
themselves do so, come to Christ and be saved? The answer is found in Psalm
110:3, "Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the
beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy
youth."
In this world, among the fallen mass of humanity,
there is a people who belong to the Lord Jesus Christ - "Thy people".
They were chosen by him in eternal election, given to him as their Surety in
the covenant of grace, and redeemed by him at the cross of
Can we be sure that Christ will see of the travail of
his soul with satisfaction? Can we be sure that all of God's elect will come to
Christ and be saved? Indeed we can: It is written of our Lord, "Thou hast
the dew of thy youth." King Jesus does not grow old. His purpose does not
change. His vision is not dimmed. His power has not diminished. He is God over
all and blessed for ever. Like himself, his grace is immutable. He shall not
fail: He shall have his redeemed ones. When all is done, when all the Lord's
enemies are in hell, when all his decrees have been accomplished, Christ shall
stand before the Father with all the hosts of his people to present them before
the presence of his glory, saying, "Lo, I and the children thou hast given
me."